Once the derring-do of clandestine operatives was revealed only in press leaks, or via hints in the hedged memoirs of senior officials, decades after the fact. Those days, like James Bond's heyday, are now long gone. Today, former and current employees of the Central Intelligence Agency are almost elbowing each other in a rush to book agents.

Political books continue to make news this week. Against All Enemies by Richard A. Clarke is No. 1 for the second week in a row, and Ten Minutes From Normal by Karen Hughes is new to the list at No. 24. The others: